Jim Acosta

Jim Acosta (17 April 1971-) was an American journalist and Chief White House Correspondent for CNN.

Biography
Abilio James Acosta was born in Washington DC in 1971 to a Cuban immigrant father and an American mother, and he was raised in Annandale, Virginia. He became a television journalist in 1994, and he joined CBS News in 2001. He covered John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, and, in 2007, he joined CNN, for whom he covered Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. In 2012, he became national political correspondent for CNN, and he was the network's lead correspondent covering Mitt Romney's 2012 Republican presidential bid. On 9 January 2018, he was appointed Chief White House Correspondent for CNN, but he was frequently targeted by Donald Trump, who called him and CNN "fake news". On 7 November 2018, Trump ordered an intern to take away Acosta's microphone after Acosta asked him about his immigration rhetoric, but, when Acosta attempted to shield the microphone from the intern and brushed her arm while begging her pardon, Trump banned Acosta from the White House. InfoWars subtly edited to video to make it appear as if Acosta had smacked or shoved her, misleading the conservative public. On 13 November 2018, CNN sued the White House for denying Acosta journalistic access to the White House, and, on 16 November, Trump-appointed judge Timothy J. Kelly ordered for Acosta's credentials restored for 14 days.